Stove



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(No Model.)

STOVE.

N9. 509 892 Patented Dec. 5, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTIE GRAY, OF HEBER, ARKANSAS.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,892, dated December5, 1893. Application filed duly 12 1893. Serial No. 480,262. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATTIE GRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Heber, in the county of Cleburne and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain newand useful Im provements in Stoves; andI dohereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to stoves and especially to that class which areadapted to be employed for smoking meat and has for its object toprevent burning of the meat and at the same time make it convenient toproduce the desired result, the parts being simple and effective intheir construction and operation.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be more fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved stove.Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the smoke pipe on an enlarged scale, shown brokenaway and illustrating the two positions of the interior damper.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of thestove, which is sup plied with feet 2, a front-door 3, a front-slidedamper 4t, and a closed top 5. The stove may be of any preferred formand dimension and at the back thereof is supplied with a shortsmoke-pipe 6 having an upper collar 7, to which is connected a sleeve 8by a hinge 9. The said sleeve 8 is supplied with a wire gauze cap 10,which completely closes over the upper portion thereof, and is adaptedto be brought down on top of the smoke pipe 6, being freely removablethrough the hinge 10, and when the said sleeve 8 is brought over theupper end of the pipe 6 it rests against the collar 7, the latterforming a shoulder for said purpose.

7 when in closed position.

In operation, the stove is placed in proper relative position to themeat to be smoked, and as is usually done, within a closed compartmentor Outhouse. A fire is then started in the stove and the smoke therefromliberated through the smoke-pipe into said compartment or directlyagainst the meat which may be suspended very closely thereto. It will beobserved that the perforated damperplate prevents the flame or ignitedparticles of combustion from passing up through and out of the saidsmoke-pipe, but at the same time permits a continual ascent of the smokecolumn. The wire gauze cap on the sleeve 8 also materially assists inpreventing the escape of sparks or ignited particles of combustion, andby this means, the meat can be drawn very closely to the same withoutdanger of burning.

The device is simple and convenient in its nature, easily and readilyhandled, and comparatively inexpensive.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In astove for smoking meat, the combination of a body, a smoke-pipe havingan upper collar, a sleeve hinged to said collar, and adapted to beclosed down upon or opened from the top of the said smoke-pipe andprovided with a wire gauze cap that completely extends over the upperportion thereof, and a perforated damper-plate mounted in said pipebelow the said gauze cap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

MATTIE GRAY.

Witnesses:

T. J. ANDREWS, J. S. J ETER.

